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The Godfather Part II(1974)
Released
1974 · FILM

The Godfather Part II

Vito Corleone rises from a Sicilian orphan to a powerful New York mob boss by outwitting extortionists and building a criminal empire, all while protecting his family and navigating the dangerous world of loyalty and betrayal.

“The rise and fall of the Corleone empire.”

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola, Burt Bluestein
Written by
Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
202 min
CrimeDrama

Synopsis

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 443+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Barry MalkinShot by Gordon WillisScored by Nino RotaDesigned by Dean TavoularisCostumes by Theadora Van Runkle

Box Office

1974 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$102.6M

Budget$13.0M
Worldwide gross$102.6M
break-even (2.5×)

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Re-release box office

2019681 theaters
$463K($599K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • The Godfather Trilogy 1901-1980 VHS Special Edition· 220 min · 1901

Also known as

  • Der Pate - Teil IIde
  • Der Pate 2de
  • Der Pate IIde
  • Der Pate Teil IIde
  • (alternative spelling)El padrino (2.ª parte)
  • (Alternative Title)El padrino (parte II)
  • (Alternative Title)El padrino (segunda parte)
  • The Godfather IIen
  • El padrino IIes
  • Le Parrain 2fr
  • Le parrain IIfr
  • Le parrain, 2ème partiefr
  • Il Padrino - Parte 2it
  • Il padrino - Parte IIit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 12, 1974
  • CanadaDec 18, 1974
  • CzechiaJan 1, 1975
  • BrazilFeb 14, 1975

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